More information : [NU 23052244] Tower [NR]. (1)
The ancient tower incorporated in the modern masonry was built in 1395 and is remarkable for having two vaulted chambers in its basement, the vaults both resting on a partition wall in the centre.
The North chamber, 16'7" N-S by 12'4" has a fireplace, also the remains of a straight mural staircase which has now been blocked up. The S. chamber is 13'8" N-S by 10'6".
There is reason to suppose that the original entrance to the tower was a first floor level, as in the N. wall is a blocked opening.
Judging from the water-tabling the original roof was on a rather higher level than the present one, and the battlements, thin and low, dating possibly from the 16th.c. would be useless for purposes of defence. (2-3)
The architectural description of this fortified vicarage is correct. (4)
Condition unchanged. (5)
Embleton Vicarage. A vicar's pele of before 1415, added to in 18th and 19th centuries. Square squat stone pele on east, with 3 storeys of stone-mullioned windows and battlements. Said to contain vaulted ground floor and newel stair. An 18th century addition to the west, and a 19th century addition farther west. Front refaced in Tudor style, with pointed arched doorway, an oriel and stone-mullioned and transomed windows. All stone, with tall diagonal clustered chimneys. Glazed conservatory outside the drawing room has a curved roof. West front said to be by Dobson. (6)
The tower was built shortly after Bannockburn in 1316. Listed by Cathcart King and Dodds. (7,8) |